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Heavy Pot Use in Adolescence is Linked to Weaker Memories
Rica Madrid poses for a photograph as she rolls a joint in her home on the first day of legal possession of marijuana for recreational purposes, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex...
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Is World Without Tobacco By 2040 a Pipe Dream?
This Tuesday, July 15, 2014 photo shows the tobacco in cigarettes in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) (Capital OTC) – Tobacco sales should be drastically downsized by 2040 under strict...
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Cool Reception for New Sign-Up Window Under Health Care Law
In his Nov. 12, 2014 file photo, the HealthCare.gov website, where people can buy health insurance, on a laptop screen, shown in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File) Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar,...
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Homeopathy Ineffective for Treating Any Health Condition, Meta-Study Finds
(epSos .de/Flickr/CC BY 2.0) Marisa Taylor, AL JAZEERA AMERICA (Al Jazeera America)—Health experts in Australia said they have completed an exhaustive review of available research on homeopathic...
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Obama Administration: 16.4M Have Gained Health Insurance
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar and Julie Pace, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 16 million Americans have gained coverage since President Barack Obama’s health care law...
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U.S. Ebola Patient Now in Critical Condition: NIH
WASHINGTON (Reuters)—An American being treated for Ebola was in critical condition Monday, the U.S. National Institutes of Health in Maryland said. The healthcare worker was evacuated from West...
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HIV Could Be Impacting Already High Cancer Rates Among Blacks
by Roberto Alejandro Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper A recent study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute found people with HIV develop cancer at higher rates...
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Kraft American Cheese Singles Have Been Labeled A Health Food By Professional...
Packages of Kraft Singles are seen in this July 24, 2006 file photo, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) (The Huffington Post) – Kraft Singles, a type of processed cheese that comes...
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6 Things No One Tells You About Sleepwalking
(The Huffington Post) – I woke up in the middle of the night one night last year, and my boyfriend was missing from his side of the bed. I fell back asleep, assuming he was just in the bathroom. A...
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Community Seeks Emotional and Physical Wellness
Sledding (Wiley Price / St. Louis American) by Sandra Jordan Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American “It’s the stress of what we are going through as a community that is making us unhealthy,”...
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The Criminal Justice System Makes Black Men Sick, Expert Says
(AL.com) – As legislators consider prison reform in Alabama, a national expert on African-American health said the criminal justice system is a major source of health problems for black men. Mark...
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Aspirin Users with Common Genes May Get Less Colon Cancer
This Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009 file photo shows packages of aspirin on the shelves of a drugstore in Chicago. In results published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on Tuesday, March 17,...
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Scientists Are Racing to Build a Better Diet Soda
(AP Photo) (Bloomberg) – In a crowded lab on the edge of Copenhagen, food scientists at Swiss biotech company Evolva Holding are scrambling to help reinvent one of the world’s most popular drinks....
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11 Struggles Every New Runner Understands
(AP Photo) (The Huffington Post) – I’ve never been one of those people. You know the kind, the ones who wake up in the morning or lace up in the evening and “go for a run.” I’ve always been envious...
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Watching Cooking Shows Could Lead To Weight Gain
In this Jan. 17, 2012 file photo, celebrity chef Paula Deen poses for a portrait in New York. (AP Photo/Carlo Allegri, File) (The Huffington Post) – Your TV may be wreaking havoc on your diet....
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Health Campaigners: Industry Makes $7,000 for Each Tobacco Death
This Tuesday, July 15, 2014 photo shows the tobacco in cigarettes in Philadelphia. A study ties a host of new diseases to smoking, and says an additional 60,000 to 120,000 deaths each year in the...
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5 House Plants That Will Clean Your Stale Office Air
(Mashable) – Are you an indoor gardener? Keeping house plants is a hobby that really gives back, making spaces look, feel and even smell fresh. Certain house plants help purify indoor air, removing...
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Biogen’s Alzheimer’s Drug Slows Mental Decline in Early Study
Two women walk by Biogen Idec corporate headquarters in Cambridge, Mass. in this Feb. 15, 2006 file photo. (Elise Amendola/AP File) (Reuters) – An experimental drug from Biogen Idec Inc became the...
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FDA Approves Genetically Engineered Potatoes, Apples as Safe
This May 10, 2013 file photo shows a genetically engineered potato poking through the soil of a planting pot inside J.R. Simplot’s lab in southwestern Idaho. Potatoes that won’t bruise and apples that...
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WHO: Monsanto Roundup ‘Probably Carcinogenic’ to Humans
Monsanto Roundup (Mike Mozart/Flickr/CC BY 2.0) Renee Lewis, AL JAZEERA AMERICA (Al Jazeera America)—The most widely used herbicide in the world, glyphosate, the active ingredient in the Monsanto...
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